mlr.smd {MatchLinReg}

Standardized mean difference

Description

Calculate standardized mean difference for each column of a matrix, given a binary treatment indicator vector.

Usage

mlr.smd(tr, X)

Arguments

tr

Binary treatment indicator vector; 1 means treatment, 0 means control.

X

Matrix of covariates; each column is a covariate whose standardized mean difference we want to calculate. nrow(X) must be equal to length(tr).

Value

A vector of length ncol(X), containing standardized mean differences for each column of X, given treatment variable tr.

Author(s)

Alireza S. Mahani, Mansour T.A. Sharabiani